Daily Archives: April 27, 2009

Rep. Peter King might have blown off the Long Island Federation of Labor’s congressional night, but union members are about to show up en masse at the Republican’s Park Boulevard office in Massapequa to protest King’s opposition to the Employee ...

Suffolk County Legis. DuWayne Gregory is expected on Tuesday to introduce a bill that would create a registry for domestic violence offenders. In an interview at the Independence Party’s annual fundraiser in Babylon, Gregory, who represents the 15th Legislative district, ...

Jeffrey, I’m a reporter with the Peoria Journal Star in Peoria, Ill. I’m working on a story on how the down economy is affecting motivational speakers. More business? Less? Do the times dictate a change in tone or approach? Here ...

Add Scott Noren to the list of New Yorkers ready to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a 2010 Democratic primary. The oral surgeon from Ithaca is expected to announce his candidacy Tuesday at the National Press Club in Washington, according ...

The median sales price of a Long Island property fell 13.3 percent in the first quarter of 2009 to $355,000, down from the $409,500 in the first quarter of 2008, according to statistics from Prudential Douglas Elliman’s most recent overview ...

The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Monday linked the results of recent “stress tests” on the 19 U.S. largest banks to the government’s belief that it won’t have to ask Congress for additional bailout funds in the ...

As the recession grinds on, Federal Reserve policymakers will open a two-day meeting Tuesday to make a fresh assessment of economic conditions, review the effectiveness of programs in place and weigh whether they need to expand or change them. Any ...

Long Island MacArthur Airport could be closer to linking local travelers to Mexico. The Islip airport’s major carrier Southwest Airlines, whose public relations machine decided a growing panic over a swine flu pandemic that originated in Mexico would be a ...

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo will be at Venetian Yacht Club in Babylon Village tonight to speak and be honored at the Independence Party’s second-annual spring fundraiser. The organization expects about 250 people at the event, which costs $200 to attend. ...

The average annual interest rates charged on most variable credit cards rose significantly last week after several weeks of little change, according to Bankrate.com. The biggest jump came for low interest cards, which have rates below the national average but ...